Nobody should be surprised that Chaminade beat STA.
They SHOULD beat STA. They're more talented at every position.
I mean, shoot, even we were up 15-6 on STA in the 3rd, and we suck.
If you can slow down STA's running game, and challenge their WR's on the outside, you have a shot. That's how we were able to keep it close. And suffice it to say, Chaminade is better than us up front and at CB... and their offense is loaded...
So that game wasn't a surprise to me.
Biggest thing I've noticed this year in South Florida high school football is the lack of consistency week to week, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.
Being STA and allowing Chaminade to score 29 points and run the ball for almost 400 yards is wild to me... especially considering we just played them and they ran for 2.9 a carry versus us and scored 17. They're NOT a smash mouth running team. They wanna throw it around the yard. Like... how are you struggling to stop the run at STA? Doesn't make sense.
What also doesn't make sense is the defensive performances by Chaminade and Heritage on a week-to-week basis. At one point Chaminade was giving up 30.6 PPG. And Heritage has been booboo on defense all season. Their offense keeps them in games.
It seems like these guys aren't tailoring game plans for specific opponents. They are just running what they want to, a grab bag if you will, and letting the chips fall where they may. You have to figure out what your opponent likes to do, and tailor a game plan to take those things away and make them go to plan-B. If you know that Chaminade likes to run counter and trap, you need to be tailoring a game plan to defend counter and trap. All week you need to be working guard reads with your linebackers and spill techniques with your defensive ends. Make your opponent go to something else. And if they beat you doing that, then kudos to them. It just wasn't your night.
What I'm seeing this year is that the private schools aren't loaded defensively and they are actually having to coach. And truthfully, these schools still have P4 commits on every level of their defense, so talent isn't an excuse.
They won't take accountability though. They'll just say it's a talent issue and recruit more kids.